Allison Downey sings favorites at Kraftbrau

Nov. 24, 2004

KALAMAZOO--With a little help from her friends, singer-songwriter
and Western Michigan University faculty member Allison Downey
performs her favorite songs written by other artists and her
latest and favorite originals at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, at
Kraftbrau in downtown Kalamazoo.

Although Downey has appeared at Kraftbrau with other acts
several times in recent years, this is the first time she will
have the Kraftbrau stage to herself since her "Wind at Your
Back" CD-release party two years ago. Downey says she'll
be performing some material at the Dec. 2 show that she's never
had time to share before with Kalamazoo audiences.

At Kraftbrau, Downey will perform the first set solo, with
voice and acoustic guitar, and will be joined for much of the
second set by friends and fellow musicians John Austin, Jim Carr
and Mike Curtis of the jazz fusion band, JamLab. Austin and Carr
also are WMU faculty members.

Admission to "Allison Downey and Friends" at Kraftbrau
is $6 and $3 for students.

Earlier this year, Downey was a finalist in the singer-songwriter
competitions at both the Susquehanna Music and Arts Festival
in Maryland and the South Florida Folk Festival.